Environment

Crickets and bee juice were on the menu today at an event hosted by LJMU Business School, when small sustainable food companies shared their produce and expertise. The group Prime (Principles for Responsible Management Education) held a Local Network event...

Princes Park was first opened in 1842 by Sir Joseph Paxton, who was one of the key designers of this new area. Located south of the city centre, and in close proximity to the much larger Sefton Park, Princes...

A new campaign is urging Merseyside residents to recycle more and waste less by using the right bins for their rubbish. Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority aims to ensure that residents are putting their rubbish in the correct bins to...

Knowsley Council is fighting an application to build a medical waste disposal facility in Simonswood. The facility proposal was given an intend-to-approve status in December by Lancashire County Council, amid fierce resistance from local residents and surrounding councils. https://twitter.com/TheSimonswood/status/1513622733074141184 Knowsley MP Sir...

With 84 businesses and countless tourists, the Royal Albert Dock has to deal with an abundance of waste, so they have launched a zero waste programme. Instead of having separate waste programmes for every business on site, the Royal Albert...

A Liverpool-based scientist is developing research that could change our relationship with plastic. Dr Andrew Carnell, of the University of Liverpool, is pioneering the use of enzymes to make plastics more environmentally friendly. His main area of research in developing bio...

Experts say it could be two years before wildlife returns to marshland which was devastated by a fire at the weekend. The Neston Reedbed reserve at Parkgate, Wirral, which is home to an array of significant wildlife in the area,...

Coni Harpham and Adam Tiffen present the top news and sports stories of the week at the 2022 Liverpool John Moores Board of Governors meeting: https://youtu.be/VFUJPiFzXUc  

Merseyside is fighting the climate crisis with innovative ways to be sustainable this Global Recycling Day.

The UN has issued a report on climate change referred to as a ‘survival guide for humanity’ as it lays out how the irreversible damages of climate change can be avoided.   The report states that “some future changes are unavoidable...